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Culpeper's English Physician, and Complete Herbal: To Which Are Now First Added Upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs, With a Display of Their Medicinal and Occult Properties, Physically Applied to the Cure of All Disorders Incident to Mankind (1814 original; edición 1992)
The classic book on herbal remedies, newly illustrated, edited and with commentary by US herbalist and author Steven Foster. It combines the charm and information of Culpeper's original seventeenth-century text with up-to-date, modern, practical usage. It includes details about where to find each herb, astrology, and medicinal benefits. -- adapted from publisher's web site.… (más)
Culpeper's English Physician, and Complete Herbal: To Which Are Now First Added Upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs, With a Display of Their Medicinal and Occult Properties, Physically Applied to the Cure of All Disorders Incident to Mankind
Reproduced from an original edition published in 1826. Absolutely nothing has been added to these mid-1600's author's two works. The cover chosen illustrates from what this book was reproduced.
Not so good on practical herbal advice, but great for historical information or astrological associations (I can see fiction writers using this book as a reference). The modern annotations don't do a complete job of confirming or refuting Culpeper's recommendations.
However, I appreciated the introductory note about Culpeper being dedicated to bringing medicinal knowledge to the masses, as is solidified by passages throughout. I adored Culpeper's personality throughout his descriptions, between his insistence that the rich look out for the poor and his scathing rants about such things as common herbal naming conventions. I never thought an herbal dictionary would be so entertaining.
This lovely reprint of the 1814 London Edition of Culpeper's Complete Herbal was first published in the US in July 1944 (from the description in the front of the book). It's a beautiful book, and although I doubt I'd use the medical advice in the book, the descriptions on how to save and preserve various herbs, and the sketches of plants and leaves, are still useful. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
"Culpeper, the man that first ranged the woods and climbed the mountains in search of medicinal and salutary herbs, has undoubtedly merited the gratitude of posterity." Dr. Johnson
(J. Gleave & Son, Manchester, ed., 1826).
Dedicatoria
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
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Primeras palabras
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Disease is undoubtedly the most fatal enemy of mankind.
Preface (J. Gleave & Son, Manchester, ed., 1826).
AGRIMONY. Description. This hath divers long leaves, some greater, some smaller, set upon a stalk, all of them dented about the edges, green above, and greyish underneath, and a little withal.
Culpeper's complete herbal, and English physician (J. Gleave & Son, Manchester, ed., 1826).
Amara Dulcis
Considering divers shires in this nation give divers names to one and the same herb, and that common name which it bears in one county, is now known in another; I shall take the pains setting that name first, which is most common to myself.
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Últimas palabras
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50. For the liver
The liver of a Hare dryed, and beaten into powder, cures all the diseases of the liver of man.
The classic book on herbal remedies, newly illustrated, edited and with commentary by US herbalist and author Steven Foster. It combines the charm and information of Culpeper's original seventeenth-century text with up-to-date, modern, practical usage. It includes details about where to find each herb, astrology, and medicinal benefits. -- adapted from publisher's web site.
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